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I've only ever had one complaint about Lego instructions, and it goes way back to the first big star destroyer set. Early on you're assembling a triangular fram
by Arrath 5y ago
I've only ever had one complaint about Lego instructions, and it goes way back to the first big star destroyer set. Early on you're assembling a triangular frame that is the core of the model. After what felt like 50+ pages, you're finally complete and ready to move on to the next part. Except the last page has a 'x2' indicating you need to make two of the bloody things, only at the end rather than the beginning so you can't build two in parallel as you go along.
Being an excited kid I might have missed it on the first page of instructions for that assembly but I sure was annoyed when I saw it.
- mercutio2 5y agoI’ve been reassembling my Christmas legos, and I noticed the same thing. Except I went back and checked, and every single time I just missed the 2x on the submodule introduction. So I am also doubting my childhood memories now. Maybe they were always consistent, and I was just in a hurry?
- savanaly 5y agoIt's experiences like that that teach me to not just follow the instructions but to think about how I would do it, then follow the instructions. It's a delicate balance of blindly following instructions (which is essential-- oftentimes I think I see a better way and start to do it only to realize later on it's not going to work and there was a reason they did it their way) and thinking for yourself, which in your example would probably have sped things up.